🆚 Postepay vs. Stripe

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Stripe is much more popular than Postepay.
🌍 Stripe is more popular in all countries.
⭐ Postepay is particularly popular in Italy.

Postepay

Stripe

Type

Payment service

About

Postepay is a rechargeable prepaid card service operated by Poste Italiane (Italian Post).

It offers standard and virtual cards usable for online and in-store purchases, ATM withdrawals, and person-to-person transfers without needing a bank account.

Stripe is a payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration.

It supports over 135 currencies, enables direct bank debits and real-time payments, manages subscriptions with smart retry logic, includes machine learning–based fraud detection, and offers the Stripe Connect solution for marketplaces and platforms to route payouts in more than 45 countries.

Headquarters

Rome, Italy

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

postepay.poste.it

stripe.com #1,004

Pricing

Postepay Digital
(with IBAN/witout IBAN)Issuance fee€0/€5
Annual fee€0/€5

Postepay EvolutionIssuance fee€5
Annual fee€19/year

Postepay StandardIssuance fee€20
Annual feeFree ✔️

Payment processing, US accounts, per transactionDomestic cards2.9% + 30¢
Manually entered cards3.4% + 30¢
International cards4.4% + 30¢
Currency conversion1%

Payment processing, EU accounts, per transactionStandard EU cards1.5% + €0.25
Premium EU cards1.5% + €0.25
UK cards2.5% + €0.25
International cards3.25% + €0.25
Currency conversion2%

Post-payment invoices0.4% on transaction total, max $2

Identity$1.50/verification

Tax Basic0.5%/transaction

Tax Complete$1,080+/year

Custom domain$10/month